Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: emu10k1: fix "for/take a while" typos

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Thu Jul 10 2025 - 12:00:44 EST


On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:44:20 +0200,
Ahelenia Ziemiańska wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 04:28:00PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:21:29 +0200,
> > Ahelenia Ziemiańska wrote:
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/h2ieddqja5jfrnuh3mvlxt6njrvp352t5rfzp2cvnrufop6tch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/t/#u
> > Well, "awhile" is a proper word, AFAIK.
> Yes, but these two uses are clearly typos of "a while";
> "awhile" is used differently: you could do
> - /* Step 3: Wait for awhile; XXX We can't get away with this
> + /* Step 3: Wait awhile; XXX We can't get away with this
> for example.

That may be true from the strict grammatic POV, but "for awhile" is
seen relatively frequently and loosely perceived.


Takashi